Posted by: Cliff Edwards on September 16

Consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics is taking off the gloves in its bid to acquire flash-memory maker Milpitas (Calif.)-based SanDisk Corp. The company revealed it has made an unsolicited offer…

Posted by: Peter Burrows on February 17

There’s some very interesting developments over at Brocade Communications, the once high-flying storage networking company. And I’m not talking about its promising financial performance, announced on Feb. 17. Rather, I’m…

Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 31

In a recent article on Network Appliance CEO Dan Warmenhoven, I talked about Warmenhoven’s “state-of-the-shelf” strategy for product development. This is the idea that NetApp relies on hardware components made…

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 22

Posted by: Olga Kharif on October 25

I recently spoke with David Hitz, founder of storage maker Network Appliance, who spent much of last week in Washington, D.C. Chances are, more federal regulation around data protections will result in greater sales of NetApp’s software, services and gear.

Posted by: Olga Kharif on September 14

Seagate has just widened its consumer storage product line by acquiring a company called Mirra. That was a smart move, says BusinessWeek Online’s Arik Hesseldahl.

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